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AMPI: Annual Report 2014-15

Notice for 39th

Annual General Body Meeting (Bangalore) & Annual Report 2014-15 / 43

ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL PHYSICISTS OF INDIA C/o RPAD, BARC, CTCRS Bldg., Anushaktinagar, Mumbai - 400094

www.ampi.org.in

Notice For

39th

Annual General Body Meeting 2015

&

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 - 2015


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ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL PHYSICISTS OF INDIA (AMPI)

The Association of Medical Physicists of India was founded in 1976 with the objective of encouraging the application of

physics in medicine. It provides a forum for medical physicists in the form of annual conferences/ workshops/ symposia/

seminars (at national and international levels) and publication of a quarterly journal (Journal of Medical Physics, JMP) for

the exchange of ideas and dissemination of knowledge and experience in the field of Medical Physics. The Association

collaborates with similar organizations in the world to raise the quality of medical physics in India. Currently, it has more

than 1400 active members comprising of radiation/ medical physicists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, engineers and

technologists. The wide spectrum of membership reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of the medical physics and the

association. In 2008, AMPI constituted its autonomous scientific and educational wing, the College of Medical Physics of

India (CMPI), to initiate the evaluation and certification programme for the qualified medical physicists. The college has

also been entrusted to formulate the policy of accreditation of education and training centres in the country. Now, the

association has four wings namely, the Executive Committee, the Board of Trustees, the College and the Journal. AMPI is

affiliated to International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) and is constituent member of IOMP regional chapter,

the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP).

AMPI Executive Committee 2013 – 2015 President Dr. Ravikumar M, Bangalore

Vice-President Dr. Ramasamy Nehru, Mumbai

Secretary Dr. Srinivas Challapalli, Mangalore

Treasurer Dr. Ganesh K M, Bangalore

Member Prof. Arun Chougule, Jaipur

Member Dr. Pratik Kumar, New Delhi

Member Dr. Lalit M Aggarwal, Varanasi

Member Mr. Ritu Raj Upreti, Mumbai

Member Dr. Senthilkumar S, Madurai

Member Dr. Arabinda Rath, Bhubaneswar

Member Dr. Kamlesh Passi, Ludhiana

Member Mr. Suresh Chaudhari, Mumbai

Member Dr. Balraj Arumugham, Pune

Member Prof. Kaliyappan Perumal, Chennai

Member Mr. Pichandi A., Bangalore

AMPI Board of Trustees 2013 – 2015 Chairman Dr. Kanta Chhokra, Mumbai

Convener Dr. Ghanshyam Chourasiya, Mumbai

Member Dr. Deepak Deshpande, Mumbai

Member Mr. Munjal Ram Kishan, New Delhi

Member Mr. Radhakrishnan Balan Nair, Chennai

CMPI Board 2014 – 2017 Chairman Mr. V.K. Sathiya Narayanan, Pune

Vice-Chairman Dr. Tharmar Ganesh, Gurgaon Chief Examiner Dr. Sunil Dutt Sharma, Mumbai

Registrar Dr. Dayananda Shamurailatpam, Mumbai Secretary/ Treasurer Dr. K. J. Maria Das, Lucknow

Member Dr. Arabinda Kumar Rath, Bhubaneswar " Dr Pratik Kumar, New Delhi " Dr. Jamema Swamidas, Mumbai Mr. Raghavendra Holla, Kochin

PS: Please visit AMPI, CMPI and JMP websites for further updates, current news and information:

AMPI website: www.ampi.org.in ; CMPI website: www.cmpi.org.in; JMP website: www.jmp.org.in

http://www.ampi.org.in/

http://www.cmpi.org.in/

http://www.jmp.org.in/


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ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL PHYSICISTS OF INDIA (Regd. No. 421/1976 GBBSD, Public Trust F 4238)

(An Affiliate of the INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY &

the INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEDICAL PHYSICS)

C/o Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, CT&CRS Building, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai – 400094

Website: www.ampi.org.in

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Dr. M. Ravikumar Dr. R.M.Nehru Dr. Challapalli Srinivas Dr. K.M.Ganesh

GENERAL BODY MEETING - 2015 Date: 25

th August 2015

The 39th

Annual General Body Meeting of the Association of Medical Physicists of India will be held

on 26th

September 2015 (Saturday) at 16.00 hrs (4.00 PM), Kidwai Memorial Institute of

Oncology, Bangalore – 560 029.

Agenda of the Meeting

1. To read and confirm the minutes of the 38th

Annual General Body Meeting of the Association

of Medical Physicists of India will be held on 8th

August 2014 (Friday) at 14.30 hrs at RPAD,

Mumbai – 400 094 .

2. To examine & adopt the report of the Executive Committee of AMPI for the year 2014-15.

3. To examine and adopt the report of the Board of Trustees of the Assoc. for the year 2014-15.

4. To examine and adopt the audited statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet of the Association

for the year 2014-15 and the proposed budget for the year 2015-16.

5. To appoint statutory auditor of the Association for the year 2015-16 and fix the remuneration.

6. Announcement of results of AMPI Elections (2015-17) & Office bearers for EC and BOT for

the term 2015-17.

7. AMPICON 2017 Bids.

8. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair.

All the members are requested to attend the meeting.

Sd/-

(Dr. Challapalli Srinivas)

Secretary, AMPI

To,

All AMPI Members

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Note: If there is no quorum at the scheduled time of the meeting, the meeting will be adjourned for half an hour. The

adjourned meeting will be held at the same venue and with the same members present, and all the items mentioned in the

agenda will be transacted.


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ANNUAL REPORT OF AMPI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 2014-2015

[A] Highlights of Executive Committee Meetings/ Decisions/ Actions Taken

Since the last Annual General Body Meeting (38th) of the Association of Medical Physicists of India held on

8th August 2014 (Friday) at 14.30 hrs at RPAD, Mumbai – 400 094, the AMPI Executive Committee (EC)

met three times [ i) 269th EC meeting on 8

th August 2014 at RPAD, BARC, Mumbai, ii) 270

th EC meeting on

21st November 2014 at AMPICON 2014 Venue, Loni & iii)) 271

st EC meeting on 21

st February 2015 at

ICMPRPR2K15 Venue at Jaipur] to transact the business of the Association.

Following are the important decisions/ actions taken by Executive Committee during this period:

269th

EC meeting on 8th

August 2014 at RPAD, BARC, Mumbai,

Secretary AMPI welcomed all the EC members, Trust and CMPI representatives for the meeting. Secretary

informed the late arrival of president and his communiqué to commence the meeting. Secretary requested

Vice President to preside the meeting. Vice President informed the nomination of Mr. Vinod Pandey by

AMPI NC for the EC meeting. All the members agreed with this and allowed him to attend the EC meeting.

Vice President spoke about the demise of Dr. Supe, a condolence was observed for 2 minutes. The

condolence message was read by Secretary. MOM of 268th AMPI EC meeting held at Bangalore on 10

th May

2014 was read by Secretary and approved by all members.

Agenda of meeting:

Agenda no. 1: Discussions on letter send to MCI regarding the qualification status of teaching faculty

in radiological physics

A communication was sent to MCI regarding the qualification status of teachers in medical institutions in the

discipline of Radiological Physics as per the decision taken in the AMPI 268th EC meeting.

However, few members have expressed their view to modify / reconsider the decision of 268th EC meeting

for the entry level qualification of Asst. Prof. Accordingly members were felt to send the modified letter to

MCI excluding the Ph.D criteria for Asst. Prof. and maintaining the existing ladder status as mentioned in the

MCI.

Agenda no. 2: Report from Organizing Secretary of AMPICON2013 regarding conference & handover

of surplus fund to AMPI

Dr A.Kabasi briefed about AMPICON 2013 and its success. He has informed that an amount of Rs.95 lakhs

was mobilized through various agencies. An amount of Rs.30 lakhs surplus was declared him after meeting

all conference expenses.

As per rule 50% amount was handed over to parent body of AMPI. The same was handed over to Dr G

Chaurasia (Trust member) through Cheque. All EC members thanked Dr.Kabasi and his team for their

efforts.

Agenda no. 3: Nomination to IUPAP Young Scientist Award, Medical Physics – 2014 announced by

IOMP


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Secretary has informed that he is in receipt of four applications for nomination. Dr PGG Kurup asked about

age limit for the award, for which Secretary informed that there is no such criterion. It was decided to

forward all the applications for the award.

Agenda no. 4: Scrutiny of applications received (during April – June 2014) from members of AMPI

requesting for partial financial assistance from AMPI to attend international conferences

Only one application received, which was not eligible as per the rules membership criterion. The application

was not considered.

Agenda no. 5 (a): Academic Activities: Unified syllabus for Medical Physics

Dr PGG Kurup informed about the activity of committee formed regarding this. He informed that, Dr Paul

Ravindran was supposed to send the syllabus by mail which is not yet done. Vice President informed that

AERB has already developed minimum syllabus for Medical Physics which should be included by the

committee. Dr PGG Kurup informed that it will be sent to AERB / UGC for approval. President suggested

that, it should be forwarded to UGC preferably AERB.

Agenda no. 5 (b): Academic Activities: Radiation Safety courses conducted by RPAD & AMPI

Secretary briefed about the various training courses conducted by AMPI in collaboration with RPAD for

which Dr. Pushpandagan was requested to be the coordinator for one year by AMPI EC (2013-15).

Mr Ritu Raj discussed about the information regarding schedule and faculty of the Radiation Safety Courses

organized under AMPI to be displayed on AMPI website. Vice President and all the members agreed with

this suggestion. Secretary informed that the issue will be discussed with Mr Pushpangadan and the

information will be displayed on AMPI website. President requested the Secretary to coordinate with Mr

Pushpangadan and upload all the relevant information on AMPI website.

Agenda no. 5 (c): Academic Activities: Matters related to Journal Medical Physics (MOU, Online

publication availability to registered members of AMPI in web, JMP advt. charges etc.)

Dr. A S Pradhan discussed general status of JMP and briefed its financial status. He discussed about the

signing of MOU between JMP and publisher. He informed that the MOU was sent to Secretary for his

comments.

Dr Lalit Aggarwal requested Secretary to circulate the MOU to EC members for their comments which was

agreed by members. Dr. A S Pradhan informed that the Secretary AMPI is the signing authority for JMP

MOU and requested treasurer to maintain the JMP account which is not been handed over to him so far.

Agenda no. 5 (d): Academic Activities: Symposium / CME / Workshop to be conducted by AMPI

during 2014-15

Not discussed.

Agenda no. 5 (e): Academic Activities:

(i) Declaration of Dr. Ramaiah Naidu Awardee for the year 2014


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President briefed about the suggested awardees by the committee constituted in the 268th AMPI – EC

meeting. Accordingly communications will be sent for the consent.


(ii) Progress report of scientific activities from Chairman, Scientific committee

(AMPICON2014)

Chairman Scientific Committee of AMPICON2014 informed that about 170 abstracts were received and the

deadline for submission was extended till 20th August 2014. These will be circulated for to scientific

committee members for review by first week of September 2014


(iii) Progress report from Organizing Secretary of AMPICON2014

Organizing Secretary of AMPICON 2014 briefed about the arrangements for the conference.

The accommodation for the attendees is made available at Shirdi which 20km from venue. He informed that,

transport will be provided for conference. 20 rooms for senior citizens are booked at conference premises.

Agenda no. 5 (f): Academic Activities:

ICMPROI 2014 (20th

– 22nd

Aug’, 2014 at, Dhaka Bangladesh.): Agreement with BMPS to collaborate

with AMPI for giving chance of MSc (Medical Physics) students from Dhaka to give the CMPI

examination

Secretary informed the nomination of 4 members has been accepted and will be given partial funding from

AMPI (Dr.Challapalli Srinivas, Dr.Kamalesh Passi, Dr.Chourisia, Dr. Rabiraja Singh with Rs. 7,500/- each).

Secretary tabled the request of BPMS to collaborate with AMPI for giving change of M.Sc (Medical Physics)

students from Dhaka to give the CMPI examination and EC requested Chairman, CMPI to take appropriate

decision in this regard.

Agenda no. 5 (g): AMPI representation to 14th

Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics and the 12th

South East Asia Congress of Medical Physics – AOCMP/SEACOMP 2014 held during 23rd

-25th

Oct’14,

at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

--Not discussed—

Agenda no. 5 (h): AMPI representation to IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical

Engineering (IUPESM WC 2015), to be held at Toronto, June 7th – 12

th, 2015.

--Not discussed--

Agenda no. 6 (a): AMPI Website development: Fixation of AMPI Web advertisement charges to the

Vendors

Secretary informed that he has communicated with AROI Secretary regarding the website advertisement

charges. Dr. A S Pradhan suggested that the advertisement for JMP and AMPI website should be separately

charged. Secretary informed that he will soon finalize the advertisement charges in consultation with EC

members.


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Agenda no. 6 (b): AMPI Website development: Status of online filling up of membership application &

payments etc

Secretary informed to EC members that online application is under process.

Agenda no. 6 (c): AMPI Website development: Continual development of AMPI web site – suggestions

for scope for further improvement

The suggestions given by the EC members for the continual development of AMPI website was noted down

by the secretary. Secretary informed that the pending membership approvals will be done at the earliest.

Mr Ritu Raj suggested that the data of all the AMPI members who have availed financial grant till date

should be displayed on website. The new guidelines should be applied retrospectively. All members agreed

with this. President requested secretary to find out the possibilities of updating the list on AMPI website.

Mr Ritu Raj requested Secretary to circulate the minutes of AMPI EC and GBM meeting to all AMPI

members. He suggested to upload the minutes of meetings within 2 weeks on AMPI website and should only

be available to registered AMPI members. Vice President agreed with this but stated that it will not be

possible within 2 weeks and suggested the timeframe of 3 weeks. All EC members agreed with this.

Agenda no. 7: Fellow ships to AMPI sponsored by vendors

--Not discussed--

Agenda no. 8: CMPI Elections

--Not discussed—

Agenda no. 9: Any other with the permission of chair:

a) As per Dr G Chaurasia request fund manager was allowed 15 min for the presentation for managing

AMPI trust fund.

b) The draft audited statement for the year 2013-14 was presented by the treasurer.

c) The charge of Rs.10, 000/- to the auditor and Rs.5, 000/- for his assistants is approved by the EC.

The meeting concluded with vote of thanks to the chair.

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270th

EC meeting on 21st November 2014 at AMPICON 2014 Venue, Loni

The meeting was held at Loni (Maharastra) on November 21, 2014 at the venue of AMPICON 2015. The

meeting was presided by Dr. M. Ravi Kumar, President AMPI. Minutes of meetings was recorded by Dr Lalit

M Aggarwal and Mr Ritu Raj Upreti.

President welcomed all EC members, Special Invitees from Trust, CMPI and JMP editorial board. Agenda

was circulated by Secretary. Meeting started late as some of the members could not reach in time. Many

members strongly express their views that all members should reach to meeting venue on time. All absentees

were called telephonically and meeting started at 11:30 AM.


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Agenda No.1: Discussions on letter send to MCI regarding the qualification status of teaching faculty

in radiological physics.

Secretary informed that letter was dispatched to MCI on September 13, 2014 and copy of the letter is also

circulated to all EC members for information. It was discussed that emails sent to EC members are leaked

outside EC and house condemn it. President requested all EC members to keep the information which is

circulated among EC only.

Agenda No.2: Request for an appointment with Chairman – MCI by AMPI (delegation) to discuss

about matters related about teaching faculty of radiological physics.

Secretary informed that a letter to Chairman MCI was sent on November 10, 2014, requesting appointment to

discuss the matters related to qualifications and designation for faculty posts in medical colleges.

Dr Chougule suggested that if the copy of letter is given to him, he could help in getting the appointment

through his personal efforts. Dr Lalit endorsed it and house unanimously agreed to give copy of the letter to

Dr Chougule. Dr. Radhakrishnan Balan Nair suggested that change in guidelines of MCI for Radiotherapy

should be taken. However, Dr Lalit suggested that AMPI must pursue only one issue at a time and house

agreed. Regarding the issue of requirement of faculties in Medical Physics in MCI regulations, It was

decided to take up the issue once the issue of qualifications is resolved the faculty requirements by MCI will

also be taken up subsequently after the issue of qualifications are resolved.

Dr Chougule also suggested that AMPI should give suggestions to MCI through his open access web portal.

The information given on this portal would be used to frame the new guidelines of MCI.

Dr Ravi Kumar suggested that AMPI must seek help of AROI on this issue and it was decided that at

appropriate time help of AROI would be sought. Dr Ravi Kumar informed that AROI wants to uplift the

status of Medical physicist in MCI and it was discussed at the AROI GBM during AROICON 2014 at

Imphal. It was decided that AERB/BARC would be keep in loop while corresponding with MCI by sending

copies of all letters to both the agencies.

Dr Raghu Ram Nair informed that he was examiner for MD Radiology, however, when all the medical

courses were shifted from Kerala University to Health University, he was not invited to be as examiner of

MD examination. As per his advice it was also decided that AMPI would approach IRIA, SNM and AROI to

emphasis the role of Medical Physicists in teaching. Dr SD Sharma suggested that a letter should also be sent

to Ministry of Health to highlight the importance of Medical Physicists in Medical teaching.

Agenda No.3: Formation of AMPI - Task Group to publish Reports on Medical Physics periodically on

selected topics.

Task group of AMPI - formation was discussed by all EC members. Secretary informed the EC about mail

received from Mr Habeeb regarding formation of Task Group. It was also observed that Habeeb was not

available in the conference for presenting his paper.

House felt that TG formation is a big job; however just to begin with, AMPI can make Standard Operating

procedure/Monograph for Quality Assurance and Dosimetry of Linear accelerator to cater the need of AERB

QA tests.


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It was decided that the information will be circulated to all AMPI members for their contribution for this

document. If inputs are received from members, Dr Lalit M. Aggrawal and Mr Ritu Raj Uperti would

coordinate the formation of document.

Dr SD Sharma suggested that this document must be re viewed by experts for publication and it was

unanimously accepted by the house.

Agenda No.4: AMPI Elections (2015-17): Implementation of Electronic Voting for selection of AMPI

EC, President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.

So far, ballot voting is followed for election of President, Vice President, Treasurer & Secretary among the

elected EC members at the time of in the Joint AMPI-EC meeting. Dr.Chougule suggested that all elected

Executive Committee members (15Nos) should elect of President, Vice President, Secretary and treasurer

through E-voting and this process will be incorporated as part of next year AMPI Elections (2015-17). This

process will enable all elected EC members to participate in the voting. All EC members were accepted this

proposal unanimously.

Agenda No.5: AMPI – Varian Fellowship.

AMPI EC thanked Mr Sudesh Deshpande in facilitating AMPI-VARIAN fellowship. Secretary briefed about

the draft proposal of AMPI-Varian Fellowship to all members. Dr Lalit was strictly against incorporation of

CMPI certification in eligibility of the fellowship. Dr Balraj and Mr. Ritu Raj also supported Dr Lalit for

exempting CMPI certification for fellowship. However, Dr Chougule, Dr Kurup and Dr Sathyanarayan

wanted CMPI certification essential in eligibility for fellowship. Dr Sathyanarayan also briefed the members

about the eligibility matter was discussed in CMPI board meeting.

Finally, it was decided by all members that candidate having CMPI certification may be given preference.

The draft proposal with suggested modification will be send to M/s Varian. (Draft Proposal is enclosed in

Annexure-A)

Agenda No.6: CMPI Elections (2014-17).

Dr Kurup and Dr Sathyanarayan informed members that CMPI election could not be held because of

technical snag in CMPI website. Presently, trial run is going on and election process would be completed by

end of December 2014.

Agenda No.7: Academic Activities.

Agenda No.7a: AMPICON2015, Trivandrum (Discussion with organizers regarding the progress).

Dr. Raghuram Nair, Chairman and Dr Saiju, Organizing Secretary presented details of the conference as

follows:

AMPICON2015 Dates fixed are in November 19th – 22

nd , 2015

Venue Hotel Samudra, Kovalam, Trivandrum.

Other option is Convention Center Alsuz but it is far away so preference is hotel Samudra

Proposed Budget by the organizers is minimum 50 lakhs.

Registration fees Rs.2000/- till Sept 30, 2016 & 2500/- till October 31, 2016 for deligates

Student registration is in the same ratio as it was for AMPICON 2014.

Last date to submit abstract is July 31, 2015

All the EC members gave best wishes to organizers of AMPICON2015.


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Dr Lalit suggested that all AMPI conferences website should be part of AMPI website. There is no need to

have to separate website, conference organizers should use the AMPI website domain. All EC members

agreed to this proposal unanimously.

Agenda No.7b: Radiation Safety courses conducted by RPAD & AMPI:

AMPI EC is thankful to RPAD for conducting radiation safety courses and it is one of the major sources of

income for AMPI. Dr S.D. Sharma informed that calendar of events on radiation safety courses will be

provided to Secretary, AMPI by Dr Pushpangadan (AMPI-Course Coordinator) and once this information is

available it would be uploaded on AMPI website for information.

Agenda No.7c: Uniform medical physics course program in India.

Chairman CMPI briefed about the steps taken by the CMPI in compiling the MSc Medical Physics Syllabus

by CMPI. He told that CMPI has published the hard copy of the syllabus and soft copy would be uploaded at

CMPI/AMPI website. Dr Deshpande suggested that RPAD, BARC and AMPI should form the guidelines for

standardization of the medical physics courses in India. Dr.Kaliyapan suggested that all courses in India must

have the same name and the same duration. He also suggested that providing internship to students should be

responsibility of the institute conducting courses. He also suggested that AERB/RPAD should take internal

examiner for RSO course from the institute conducting Medical Physics courses.

Agenda No.7d: Matters related to Journal Medical Physics (MOU, Online publication availability to

registered members of AMPI in web, JMP advt. charges etc.).

Dr SD Sharma briefed about journal activities. MOU has been handed over to publisher for signing it. Since

treasurer AMPI did not come for the meeting, many things could not be discussed with regard to the account

statements. Dr SD Sharma informed that the details of money generated by AMPI Journal by means of

advertisement should be with treasurer as all the accounts are look after by the treasurer only, however he

may provide it, if required.

Agenda No.7e: Symposium/ CME / Workshop to be conducted by AMPI during 2014-15.

The information related to Symposium / CME / Workshop to be conducted by AMPI during 2014-15 will be

uploaded to AMPI website.

Agenda No.7f: Request of Bangladesh Association of Medical Physics (BAMP) to have an agreement

between BAMP to collaborate with AMPI for giving chance of MSc (Medical Physics) students from

Dhaka to write CMPI examination.

The agenda was discussed and it was decided that candidates from Bangladesh should be allowed to appear

in CMPI exam and CMPI body will look after it. However, AMPI will request BAMP to send the syllabus &

pattern of medical physics courses along with the duration, practical’s, faculty with the affiliations &

internship etc.. Upon receiving the same, AMPI&CMPI will scrutinize the same and the appropriate decision

will be taken regarding BAMP request. Secretary, AMPI will coordinate in this regard.

Agenda No.8: AMPI website.

Agenda No.8a: Fixation of AMPI Web advertisement charges to the Vendors.


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It was decided that vendors who are giving advertisement in JMP will be asked if they want to advertise in

AMPI website

Agenda No.8b Status of online filling up of membership application & payments etc.

Secretary informed to members that status of online membership application is 90% ready and will be

functional soon.

Agenda No.8c: Continual development of AMPI web site – suggestions for scope for further

improvement.

Secretary informed and requested all members to send any suggestions related to further development of

AMPI website through mails.

Agenda No.9: Periodicity of calibration of dosimetric, protection, monitoring level & supportive

instruments in Radiotherapy.

The periodicity of calibration of dosimetry, protection, and monitoring equipment’s was discussed. It was

observed that the periodicity of calibration laboratory is not as per AERB recommendations. It was decided

to communicate the same to AERB.

Agenda No.10: AMPI- ........... (vendor name) Medical Physics Appraisal Fellowship.

The guidelines and details of appraisal fellowship will be finalized in next EC meeting.

Agenda No.11: Formation of Medical Physics council of India (MPCI).

Dr Kaliyappan agreed to prepare a blue print for the Medical Physics Council and this agenda will be

discussed as first agenda in the next AMPI-EC meeting

Agenda No.12: Discussion on AMPI Pay scale recommendation to central pay commission as well as

state pays commission.

Secretary invited proposal from members to give their opinion in this agenda through e mail.

Agenda No.13: Discussion on Promotional opportunity on par with medical colleague. (Time bound

promotion as per MCI norms).

Secretary invited proposal from members to give their opinion in this agenda through e mail.

Agenda No.14: Discussion on AERB appointing radiographer/radiologist/hospital owner as RSO.

Dr Kaliyappan informed to members about the RSO designation by AERB to radiographers, radiologists and

hospital owners. EC decided that the issue will be taken up to AERB for different designations for various

categories of employees.

Agenda No.15: 271st AMPI-EC meeting at Jaipur on 21

st February 2015 (the venue of ICMPRPR2k5

& AMPINCCON15)

Secretary informed members that next EC meeting will be held at Jaipur during AMPI-NC Conference.


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Agenda No.16: Any other points as per the permission of Chair.

a) Dr Deshapnade updated the status of the approval of amendments in the constitution of AMPI. He

informed about the difficulties faced by him while visiting the charity commissioner for the same.

Details about AMPI EC, GBM and their minutes of meetings were not submitted by AMPI to charity

commissioner office since last many years, therefore he had to visit to commissioner many times to

submit many affidavits and all required details. All members requested him to bring his efforts to a

logical end. Mr. Ritu Raj suggested that important information related to requirements of charity

commissioner office must be uploaded to the AMPI website as guidelines for future communication

to charity commissioner, which will be utilized for yearly submission of required reports.

b) President, AMPI informed all members that Secretary, AMPI is communicating all correspondence

related to suggestions / draft proposals etc… by email to all EC members along with a copy to BOT

members and CMPI (Chairman/Secretary) in order to maintain transparency. He also informed that

he is being continuing this process since his first tenure ship (2011-13). He also informed that an

appropriate decision is finalized by EC by majority voting & is being implemented. All EC members

agreed upon this process unanimously.

c) Secretary, AMPI informed about late receipt annual reports from the chapters of AMPI &

incorporated the same in the annual report of AMPI 2013-14. This will be uploaded in AMPI website

for circulation to all AMPI members which can be accessed with their username and password.


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Annexure-A

Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI)

AMPI-Varian Fellowship

“Resident Fellowship Program (RFP)”

DRAFT PROPORAL – Tabled in AMPI-EC meeting held on 21st Nov’14 for discussion

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Association of Medical Physicist of India is pleased to announce Resident Scholarship Program (RFP) in the

field of Radiation Oncology Physics with an aim at providing continual education to the participant on the

selected topic of his/her choice.

This program is ably sponsored by M/s. Varian Medical Systems, India.

The program could be either in a leading center in India or abroad. This is one time fellowship program for a

given candidate. Same candidate cannot re-apply.

For program within India, the scholarship would be for duration of 6 months.

Estimated Budget:

For residency program within India:

Travel : Rs.5,000/- (round trip) max.

Stay : Rs. 7,500/- per month. max. (Rs.45,000/-)

Monthly allowance: Rs. 15,000/- per month max. (Rs.90,000/-)

Total: Rs 1,40,000/- per year.


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For program outside India, the scholarship would be for duration of 3 months.

Estimated Budget:

Travel: Rs. 60,000/- (max) round trip including visa charges.

Stay: Rs.10,000/- (max) per month (Rs. 30,000/-)

Monthly allowance: Rs. 20,000/- per month (Rs.60,000/-)

Total: Rs. 1,50,000/- per year

Minimum eligibility criteria of a candidate:

1. Should have a degree/diploma in the field of Medical Physics/Radiation Physics/Radiological Physics,

etc. from a recognized institute/university.

2. Should be a life Member of AMPI at least minimum two years at the time of application of RFP.

3. Should have valid College of Medical Physics of India (CMPI) certification.

4. Preference at least 5 years working experience as Medical Physicist in clinical setup.

5. Should have age below 35 years.

6. Should have registered for PhD in any recognized university.

7. A certificate from Chief Guide of the candidate certifying that the candidate is registered under him as

Ph.D. student and the same is yet to be awarded need to be produced.

8. Application can’t be considered if completed Ph.D.

9. Taking permission to do this RFP in any given institution would be the responsibility of the

applicant/candidate.

10. Obtaining No Objection Certificate from the parent institute is also the responsibility of the

applicant/candidate.

11. Obtaining VISA in case of foreign program is the responsibility of the applicant/candidate.

12. Expenditure on visiting to the home town under any circumstances during the program period is not

covered under this program.

13. 95% attendance of this scholarship program is compulsory.

Application Procedure:

1. A letter of request for “Residency Scholarship Program” to AMPI on official letter head describing the

purpose of visit & approximate cost of expenditure (i.e. travel, accommodation, etc.,), Life membership

number & copy of identity proof (Passport/Adhar card/ Driving License/ PAN card) to be forwarded and

recommended by the Head of Department/ institution officially (on a letter head) to the Secretary,

AMPI.

2. Applicant must submit a write-up not less than 100 words about his/her contribution to Medical Physics

in India along with the number of full length papers published in journals as first/ corresponding authors

& Description of any award (best oral paper /best poster paper /oration / any prize/ any recognition

related with Medical Physics) during last two years from the date of application.

3. A letter of acceptance from the host institute and NOC (no objection certificate) from the candidate

institute is required.

4. Applications should reach the AMPI office on or before end of every September (calendar year).

5. A committee constituted by AMPI-President will scrutinize the selection of candidate for RSP.

Note: AMPI reserves the right to review the condition and character of fellowship periodically so that it may be

made more useful to the contemporary situation.

END OF DRAFT PROPOSAL

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271st EC meeting on 21

st February 2015 at ICMPRPR2K15 Venue at Jaipur

The meeting was held at Jaipur (Rajasthan) on February 21, 2015 at the venue of AMPI-NC-CON 2015.

Dr. Challapalli Srinivas, Secretary, welcomed all members and informed the house that President and

Vice President are not attending the meeting. As per President mail, meeting was presided over by

Secretary. Minutes of meetings was recorded by Mr Ritu Raj Upreti and Dr Lalit M Aggarwal.

Agenda No.1: Discussion of regularizing of AMPI Trust (13 terms) in charity commissioner office,

Mumbai: Appointment of lawyer and approval of quotation and proposed financial expenditure.

Secretary informed the house that Dr DD Deshapande have taken quotation form Lawyer regarding the

regularization of all 13 term reports in charity commissioner office. The lawyer has quoted the hefty

amount for report preparation, change report and legal fee. Dr SD Sharma told that if Lawyer allows he

can prepare report which will save some fee. Dr SD Sharma also informed the house that he has

submitted report of change of AMPI EC officials during 2005-2007 tenure for which he has the

acknowledgement. He also has format (template) of the report on which required reports could be

prepared.

EC agreed to authorize Dr DD Deshpande, Dr SD Sharma and Dr G Chaurasia to further negotiate with

3 to 4 lawyers to resolve the matter. Dr Lalit Aggarwal suggested that present auditor can also be

consulted for the legal matters.

Agenda No.2: Discussion on MCI meeting by AMPI delegation held on 7th January 2015.

Secretary updated the EC about the meeting of AMPI delegation with MCI followed by the

memorandum sent to MCI office. The EC members appreciated the efforts taken by all the team

members who have visited the MCI office at New Delhi.

Dr. K Passi asked the current status of the MCI issue. Dr SD Sharma informed that MCI will strictly

follow the AERB norms regarding the qualification of Physicist. Dr Pratik Kumar told about the MCI

views on medical physics department for a medical college as well as tutor post in radiological Physics

specialty. Dr Pratik also informed the EC that the matter will be discussed in 3 - 4 different committees

at MCI prior to including it in the Gazette. Mr. Ritu Raj suggested for making a timeline strategy for

regular follow up of the matter at MCI at every stage to ensure that appropriate information shall be

published in Gazette. EC requested and authorized Dr A Chaugule for follow up the matter at MCI.

Secretary informed the members that this agenda will continue in next meetings until get resolved.

Agenda No.3: Nomination of Election Officer to conduct AMPI-Elections (2015-17) & Rules to

conduct e-Elections.

EC discussed the points raised by Dr Rath through mail regarding the change of criteria of seven EC

members from the same city for AMPI EC elections. Dr SD Sharma informed to house that this minor

decision had taken at GBM held at Mangalore, however for the major decision like change in the

duration of EC to three years revision in constitution is required.

Names of Dr M Semwal and Mr SM Pradhan (RPAD, BARC) were proposed by EC for election officer.

Dr Semwal could not be contacted therefore; Dr Pradhan name was finalized after taking his consent on

phone.


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Mr. Ritu Raj suggested EC to revise the existing guidelines and prepare new guidelines for elections as

well as code of conduct during election process. Dr. Challapalli informed members that he has made a

draft proposal (Annexure-B) for election guidelines which will be circulated through mail to all EC

members. As the existing office bearers took over in September 2013, the election process including the

election of office bearers and handing over to the new EC should be completed by September 2015.

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Annexure-B

DRAFT PROPOSAL ONLY

Guidelines to conduct AMPI Elections: 2015-17

Election for 15 positions of Executive Committee and 5 positions of Board of Trustees, for TWO years

term (2015 – 2017)

Eligibility for Contestants:

1. Should be a life member of AMPI who complete three years as on 31

st December 2014.

2. Any Physicists/Scientists having Medical Physics/ Radiation Physics/Radiological Physics qualification.

3. Should have at least 5 years’ experience in this field.

4. Age: As on 01-June-2015, below 55 years for Executive Committee and below 60 years for Board of

Trustees (both ages inclusive).

5. Should not have served the past two consecutive terms (2011-13 & 2013-15) either as EC / BOT member.

{For example, member who served EC the past two consecutive terms is not eligible to contest EC.

However, he/she may contest for BOT}

6. Should not be serving as an elected board member of CMPI.

7. Members residing outside India are eligible to vote only, but are not eligible to contest for EC/BOT.

Rules of elections:

1. A candidate cannot contest for more than one post.

2. From the date the elections are announced, the President-AMPI would be at position to supervise the

election process. The serving Executive Committee and Board of Trustees cease to exist.

3. Transfer to operations to the new EC, BoT shall be done by President-AMPI after the announcement of

results.

4. The election is conducted by a designated (by EC) Election Officer.

5. All the office bearers of the serving EC/BoT are eligible to contest if they satisfy the above eligibility

criteria.

6. AMPI Members who wish to contest the elections should have fulfilled the above eligibility criteria.

7. All life members, including election officer, are eligible to vote.

8. All the process of filing nominations and casting vote are through electronic mode only that is done

through AMPI official website (www.ampi.org.in)

9. All the members willing to file nomination and to cast vote should have valid login facility.

10. e-Voting will be in force only if the number of eligible contestants is more than 15 for EC and more than

5 for BoT.

11. Members need to vote compulsorily 15 members for EC and 5 members for BoT.

12. In the event of tie results (irrespective of tie position), the President-AMPI would have a veto power to

resolve the tie. After voting is completed, before declaring results, the system would list the names of the

individuals in various tie positions (without displaying the position and corresponding votes obtained).

The President-AMPI would vote anyone of his choice to resolve the tie. Tie voting should be done for all

the positions. After this process, unambiguous results would be declared.

END OF DRAFT PROPOSAL

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Agenda No.4: Formation of CMPI Board for the term (2014-17)

EC expressed its unhappiness over the nomination of 9th member of CMPI before deciding about the 8

th

elected member of CMPI board. Members questioned that after election, without forming newly elected

CMPI body, how EC will be forced to select the 9th member? Why voting process was not followed like

as done for current AMPI EC during EC meeting at Kolkata?

EC passed two important resolutions:

EC has resolved that in case of tie in any EC/Trust/CMPI elections, the decision for the election of

candidate will be based on voting by newly elected members.

EC also resolved about “one man one position”. At any point of time an AMPI member cannot hold

more than one EC member/board member position either in AMPI, CMPI or Trust concurrently (It

means that a person can remain only in one body either AMPI, CMPI or Trust during his/her tenure).

Agenda No.5: AMPI-Task Group formation

Mr. Ritu Raj has proposed the method to constitute Task Group to cater AERB QA for LA. Apart from

creating task group document by selected members, there will be an internal review of the TG document

by senior task group members. AMPI will also request to contribute in Task group report from AMPI

members at AERB. Final document will be peer reviewed by expert in the field.

Dr Lalit requested EC to allocate some fund for TG work. EC agreed to sanction Rs.25000/- for the

same.

Agenda No.6: Formation of Medical Physics Council

In Last AMPI EC meeting at Loni, Dr K Perumal had agreed to make a blueprint of Medical Physics

Council. Due to his absence this agenda was postponed for next meeting.

Agenda No.7: Accreditation of medical physicists of BMPS request made by BMPS to AMPI

This agenda had already been discussed in last AMPI EC meeting at Loni. EC agreed in principle that

medical physicist of BMPS can appear in CMPI examination. Their credibility, qualification and

application process for such exam have to be decided by CMPI board.

Agenda No.8: AMPI membership for Physicists qualified in India and working abroad.

The agenda was discussed in details. Dr SD Sharma informed to house that “Class of membership” is

already defined by AMPI with differential fee structure. The same is available on AMPI website.

Resolution:

EC have resolved that an Indian medical Physics working abroad can become AMPI member as NRI

only by paying fee in USD (As per AMPI norms for membership).

Agenda No.9: Update on activities of AMPICON2015, Trivandrum & Nomination of Dr.Ramaiah

Naidu award for the year 2015.

Secretary informed the members about communication received from the Organizing Secretary,

AMPICON 2015 held at RCC Trivandrum. Organizers formed various committees, decided registration


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fee for various categories, pre conference workshop and proposed the name of Dr V Padmanabhan, Prof

(Retd), RCC to deliver the Dr. Ramaiah Naidu Memorial Oration.

Dr. Lalit Suggested that a brief bio data of the proposed names for RN oration must be circulated to all

EC members prior to EC meeting for such in order to judge the suitability of the person for oration. Mr.

Ritu Raj has suggested making guidelines for proposing and selecting RNMO awardees.

EC proposes few more names for the RNMO award. Name of Dr Govinda Rajan, D. Kurup, Dr Indra

Das, Dr BC Bhatt and Dr AM Pendse were discussed for the award.

After discussions EC has decided the priority list for the RMNO awardees:

a) Dr Indra Das

b) Dr. BC Bhatt

c) Dr Padmanabhan

Agenda No.10: Update on activities of AMPICON2016, New Delhi

Secretary informed house that AMPI has received letter from Director, Medanta Hospital for hosting

AMPICON 2016 at New Delhi as per the norms of AMPI. He informed that Dr T Kataria will be Org

Chairman and Mr V Subramani will be Convener and Org Secretary. The proposed tentative dates are

16th Nov 2016 (pre-conference workshop) and 17

th-19

th Nov 2016 for Annual Conference. EC suggested

that in case of clash in the dates with AROICON 2016, organizer will be asked to reschedule the

conference dates, preferably in 1st week of November.

Agenda No.11: AMPI and RPAD course related matters

The participation of relatively less number of candidates in the short term training courses was discussed

in detail and it was decided that the AMPI, EC will suggest its Course Coordinator to inform the

selected candidates at least one month in advance. It will also be suggested to AMPI course coordinator

to start preparation for a particular course at least two months in advance. EC has authorized Dr SD

Sharma to take all the decisions related to these courses. It was also decided to prepare the annual

calendar of this academic activity and must be uploaded on AMPI website.

Agenda No.12: JMP matters if any

On the query of Dr. Lalit regarding impact factor of JMP, Dr. S. D. Sharma informed that AMPI

members should be encouraged to cite at least one relevant paper of JMP while submitting their

manuscripts for publication in JMP or any other journal. This will enhance the impact factor of JMP.

Agenda No.13: Recognition of subject Medical Physics / Radiological Physics at UGC

Dr. Pratik informed to the house about the mail sent by Mr. Vinod Pandey related to the listing of the

subjects at UGC Gazette notification. Many universities conducting MSc or Diploma courses in

Medical/Radiological Physics however the subject is not listed in UGC Gazette document.

EC requested AMPI Secretary to communicate with UGC for the same and send copy of the letter to the

relevant offices.

Agenda No.14: Proposal to increase TA to AMPI EC/ Trust/CMPI Board members to attend

meeting for Economy Class Air Fare with a maximum cap of Rs. 10,000/- for attending

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The matter is discussed in details. House feels that increase the TA for each meeting will have financial

burden to AMPI.

Resolution:

EC decided that number of meetings per year will be reduced to 3 which include the EC meeting during

conference. The EC meeting during conference will be held one day prior to conference and will be

conducted for 5 - 8 hours in order to discuss all issues.

Economy class air fare will be reimbursed only for “once in one tenure” with following terms and

conditions*.

*TA for attending EC/BOT/CMPI meeting will be reimbursed with the maximum cap of Rs.10, 000/-.

The reimbursement will be against producing to and fro boarding passes, copy of e-ticket mentioning air

fare and PNR/Ticket no.

Agenda No.15: Norms to forward applications through AMPI office which are received from

AMPI members to obtain Travel Grants to attend international conferences.

EC took a note that six applications were forwarded to WC2015 for IOMP travel grant by President,

Secretary and Treasurer without circulating it to EC. Therefore, it was decided that AMPI norms should

be followed in future while processing Grant applications.

Resolution:

It was further resolved that AMPI office bearer are not eligible for applying these type of grant as per

2009 General Body resolution. Also an AMPI member can avail these grants once in lifetime.

Agenda No.16: AMPI website development: Suggestions if any

Mr. Ritu Raj suggested that information about the name of persons availed the fellowships and travel

grants through AMPI till date must be listed on AMPI website for the information of AMPI members.

The same suggestions have already given by him in previous EC meetings which are yet to be

implemented. The secretary informed that the concerned list will be uploaded on website.

Agenda No.17: Any Other point as per the permission of chair:

Reimbursement of TA bill:

Dr SD Sharma informed that EC/BOT/CMPI TA bills are being reimbursed without having proper

receipt/ticket which may have impact during audit of the accounts. Also claiming the TA from two

sources is not legal.

Resolution:

EC have resolved that reimbursement of TA bill to be done with the documentary evidence of travel and

with declaration that the amount will not be reimbursed from any other source.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair.

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[B] Scientific Activities

Report of Scientific program of AMPICON 2014

Conference Objectives

Workshop on ‘Challenges in Small Field Dosimetry',

To promote dialogue amongst government organisation, NGOs & manufacturers of

LINAC and various dosimetry equipment providers for finding solutions to quality

treatment.

To highlight opportunities for innovative approaches by medical physicists in reaching

advanced technology to unreachable.

Executive Summary of the Conference

Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences PIMS-DU,

Pravara Medical Trust (PMT) in association with Association of Medical Physicists of India -

Western Chapter (AMPI - WC) organized 35th

Annual Conference of Medical Physicists of

India AMPICON 2014 from 20th

- 23rd

November 2014 at Rural Medical College (RMC),

Loni, Maharashtra. About 590 delegates from India and 17 faculties from overseas were

participated the conference. The Theme for the conference 'Advanced Technologies in

Radiotherapy - Reach the Unreachable’ is best suited as the advanced technologies are out of

reach to rural and needy patients. Eminent National and International speakers / Faculties

delivered their lectures in different thematic sessions during this conference. The Trade stalls

exhibition was arranged near the conference venue where sponsor’s demonstrated various

equipments.

The conference was inaugurated by Dr. P. B. Vidyasagar, Vice Chancellor, Swami Ramanand

Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded. Guest of honour was Dr. G. K. Rath Chief - IRCH,

AIIMS, Delhi. Shri. Rajendra Vikhe Patil CEO, Pravara Medical Trust, welcomed all members

to PIMS, Loni & presented the objectives of the conference. After the formal inauguration of

the conference, keynote addresses were delivered by Dr. G. K. Rath and Dr. P.B. Vidyasagar.

Shri Rajendra Vikhe Patil – CEO, Dr. M. G. Takwale, Dr. S. D. Dalvi, Dr. M. Ravikumar, Dr.

D. S. Kulkarni, Dr. Challapalli Srinivas, Dr.K. K. Singh & Mahendra More were present during

inauguration.

Dr. Ramaiah Naidu Memorial Oration Award for the year 2014 was given to Dr.Anil Kumar

Sharma Long Beach Memorial Center, USA during inauguration day of the conference. A

monograph on “Radiation Physics Practical’s” written by Dr. S.Sathiyan, Associate

Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore-29 is

released in the inaugural function.The first 3 days of the conference was devoted to oration,

invited talks, best paper, oral and poster presentation related to medical physics. Total of

around 18 scientific sessions covered with Ramaiah Naidu Oration, 37 invited talks by experts

from Indian and abroad, 5 papers were presented in best paper award session, 36 oral and 121

poster papers totalling 199 papers were presented during these three days. All the papers were

peer reviewed and published in JMP Vol.39; No.4; Oct-Dec 2014.


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[C] ICMPROI2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Following members were nominated by AMPI-EC as faculty to representative of AMPI to

ICMPROI2014 going to be held at Dhaka during 20th – 23

rd August 2014.

1. Dr. G. Chourasiya

2. Dr. Kamlesh Passi

3. Dr. KJ Maria Das,

4. Dr. I. Rabi Raja Singh

5. Dr. Challapalli Srinivas

[D] Journal of Medical Physics (JMP)

Journal of Medical Physics is published regularly and distributed to members who are on the mailing list

of the journal. The editorial Board of JMP has also been updated and new experts from India and

Abroad have been included. The journal is indexed at a number of scientific indexing agencies including

PubMed, PubMed Central and Wikipedia. The current projected impact factor of the journal is 0.4.

Electronic submission, Author traceable facility, fast refereeing, fast decision, timely publication and

timely mailing have made JMP a very popular journal internationally. Now JMP has a large pool of

reviewers from all over the world and publishes manuscripts of very high scientific quality. The JMP is

a self sustaining journal financially and even provides funds for other activities of the association.

[E] Activities of AMPI Chapters

AMPI has member chapters operating at various regions to encourage regional level activities and

promote more member participation. Currently six regional chapters are functioning.

AMPI Regional Chapter Details

SN Chapter Chairman Secretary Treasurer

1 Eastern Dr. Dilip Kumar Ray–

[email protected]

Dr. Surajit Pal–

[email protected]

Mr. Devinand Singh –

[email protected]

2 Western

www.ampiwest.org.in

Dr. Shobha Jayaprakash –

[email protected]

Dr. Satish Pelagade –

[email protected]

Mr. Vaibhav Mhatre –

[email protected]

3 Northern

www.ampi-nc.org

Dr. Arun Chougule–

[email protected]

Dr. Atul Tyagi–

[email protected]

Mr C.P.Bhatt–

[email protected]

4 Andhra Pradesh Mr.P.Krishna Reddy–

[email protected]

Dr.K.Krishna Murthy–

[email protected]

5 Karnataka

www.ampi-k.org

Mr.S.Sowmya Narayanan–

[email protected]

Mr.S.Karthikeyan–

[email protected]

Dr.B.Shwetha–

[email protected]

6 Tamilnadu Dr S.Ganesan–

[email protected]

Dr K.Muthuvelu–

[email protected],

[email protected]

Mr E.Varatharajan–

[email protected]


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AMPI-EASTERN Chapter Activities 2014-2015

Chairman : Dr. Dilip Kumar Ray.

Secretary : Dr Surajit Pal

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AMPI-WESTERN Chapter Activities 2014-2015

Chairman : Shri Anil Pendse.

Secretary : Dr Vijay Choube

3rd

Annual meet of the chapter AMPI-WC 15 was organized with Two day Symposium on “Stereotactic

Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy” at The Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir H N Reliance

Foundation Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai. Updates on Stereotactic Radiosurgery Advances in

Radiotherapy, panel discussion on growing responsibilities of Medical Physicist and very pertinent

topics of interest for Medical Physics Education for students and practitioners were considered.

The Auspicious beginning of the program was with the address on Medical Radiation in Health services

by Shri R. Bhattachrya, Vice Chairman, AERB, Mumbai and special talk on patient protection in

diagnostic procedures by. Head, RSD, AERB- Dr A.U.Sonawane. Dr. Pawar, VC, Kolhapur University,

Head, Medical Physics, TMH, Mumbai -Dr D.D. Deshpande, Head, RPAD, BARC - D.A.R.Babu &

other Medical Physics experts and faculties conducted symposium in all six sessions. Symposium was

also entitled by Maharashtra Medical Council for MMC accreditation Credit points. Special Thanks are

due, Dr Prasad Raj Dandekar, Head Radiation Oncology, Mr Parimal Patwe, Organizing Secretary, Mr

Vaibhav Mhatre, faculties of Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, & also

to all members who have directly & indirectly supported. Symposium attended by above 85 delegates.

Earlier on behalf of AMPI, WC-AMPI took initiative in organizing National Conference of AMPI,

AMPI CON 2014,at Loni We have organized 1st of it’s kind national AMPI activity in rural part with

the mission of reaching to unreachable in association with Pravra Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed

University & Rural Medical College, Loni. Special Thanks are due, Organizing Chairman

Dr.K.K.Singh(DOD :11/05/2015 - AMPI WC Offered Condolence for the peace of departed soul of Late

Dr K.K.Singh). Organising Secretary Mr Mahendra More, Mr Rahul Umbarkar, Scientific Committee

Convenor Dr S.D.Sharma, all faculties of PIMS,DU & RMC,Loni & also to all AMPI members who

have directly & indirectly supported. Conference attended by above 610 delegates.

AMPI were instrumental in organizing activity of Radiation Advances: Reaching to Unreachable first

time in rural setup, to promote and celebrate the enhancements in rural health services in India. It was

inugurated at the hands of Hon,ble Ch. Vidyasagar Rao, and Dr(Prof) G.K Rath,Shri Rajendra E. Vikhe

Patil, PIMS Loni Ch.Dr V. Kelkar had been kind to be Guest of Honours.

A day workshop on small field dosimetry followed by 3 Day Conference on Medical Radiation

Advances with focus on rural health development and the challenges in implementing Radiation

Advances in limited resource based rural setups were also discussed. Loni AMPI CON 2014 activity

was planned since 1st & 2

nd WC Annual meet at Nagpur & Nahik. WC is happy to pursue AMPI to

initiate in promoting Medical Radiation Advances in Rural India as like in association with Pravra

Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed Univercity & Rural Medical College, Loni.


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AMPI-ANDHRA PRADESH Chapter Activities 2014-2015

Chairman : Dr.P.Krishna Reddy

Secretary : Dr.K.Krishna Murthy

Chapter has conducted a CME programme on 06-06-2015 (Saturday) on: “Physicist vision on Modern

Radiotherapy”. Around 40 members were attended in the program.

AMPI-NORTH Chapter Activities 2014-2015

Chairman : Dr. Arun Chougule

Secretary : Dr. Atul Tyagi

2014 was election year in AMPI-NC.

Dr Arun Chaugule - Chairman

Mr MPS Mann - Vice Chairman

Dr Atul Tyagi - Secretary

Mr C P Bhatt – Treasurer

AMPINCCON15 & ICMPRP was organized by SMS Medical College, Jaipur (20-22 Feb 2015)

Oration Guideline has been approved and is in place. Election guidelines have been approved and are in

place.

AMPI-KARNATAKA Chapter Activities 2014-2015

Chairman : Prof. Sowmyanarayanan

Secretary : Dr. C. Varatharaj

A two days Symposium on Medical Physics on 10th May to 11

th May 2014 was organized by Sri

Shankara Cancer hospital and Research centre, Bangalore and jointly by Indo American cancer

Association (IACA). Dr.Ashwatha Narayana, Dr.Jatinder Palta , Dr.Indira Das, and Dr.T.Ganesh were

the invited faculties for the symposium.

There were around 100 participants inclusive of Medical Physicists, Radiation Oncologists and Post

graduate students have participated.

A Late evening Symposium on "Looking into the Body: Advancement in Imaging through Medical

Physics" (Theme by IOMP) in order to celebrate "International Day of Medical Physics" on 7th

November, 2014 was organized by Baptist Hospital, Bangalore.

Periodic AMPI – K chapter newsletter have been released in July 2014. (Vol.3, issue 2)


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AMPI - TAMIL NADU AND PONDECHERY Chapter Activities 2014-2015

Chairman : Dr. S. Ganesan

Secretary : Dr K.Muthuvelu

Chapter has conducted a seminar on TG 100 Failure modes and effect analysis by Dr. T. Ganesh one of

the senior member of our association, now working as chief Medical Physicist at Fortis Hospital,

Guregon. For the benefit of Medical Physicist students who are preparing for the Radiation Safety

Officer (RSO) examination we have conducted refresher course on October 25th & 26

th 2014.

Many experienced medical physicist delivered lectures and conducted mock viva. Around 26 medical

physics students are benefitted. It will be encouraging and well appreciated by the young physicists.

Every year we are planning to conduct the same.

The 19th Annual Conference of AMPI TN&PY Chapter (AMPITNPYCON2014) was organized by the

department of Radiotherapy, RCC, JIPMER, Puducherry on December 20 &21, 2014 in JIPMER

Academic Center, JIPMER.

The theme of the conference was “Meeting Challenges with Technology”. Dr.M.Ravikumar President-

AMPI & SARCAR Committee Member, Professor & Head, Department of Radiation Physics, Kidwai

Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560 029 was the Chief Guest for the inaugural

ceremony.

The scientific program included 10 invited talks, 3 endowment orations, and 21 oral paper presentations.

Prof.C.Rethinasabapathy Endowment Oration was delivered by Prof.K.V.Subbiah, Professor & RSO,

Manipal Center for Natural Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka, AROI Endowment Oration was delivered by

Dr.P.Balasubramanian, Professor of Radiation Oncology, TNMSSH, Chennai, and Prof.Cyril

A.Jayachandran Endowment Oration was delivered by Mr.U.Selvaraj, Consultant Medical Physicist, Sri

Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore.

A total of 299 delegates were registered and participated from among radiation physicists, radiation

oncologists, radiotherapy technologists, radiographers and Medical Physics and Radiotherapy

technology students from various institutes and hospitals from not only Tamilnadu and Puducherry, but

also from other parts of the country.

A new scheme of prize distributions to students based on quiz from the lectures and on the commercial

product updates was introduced and resulted in enhanced students’ participation.

The conference was a huge success in terms of number of delegates participated, and of the quality

papers and invited talks presented in AMPITNPYCON2014.

[F] MCI activity.

President & Secretary AMPI has requested to President MCI (Dr. (Ms) Jayshree Pranshankar

Mehta) for an appointment to discuss about the qualification of teachers and faculty positions in the

subject of Radiological Physics in MCI recognized Medical Colleges on 10th November 2014.

An appointment (e-mail dated 11 December 2014 from President’s office of MCI) in this regard has

reached to President-AMPI that he may visit the Council office on 7th January, 2015 at 11.00 a.m. at

Sector-8, Pocket-14, Dwarka, New Delhi-110077.


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Also, a letter from Secretary I/c of MCI dated 31st Dec’14 is received to President – MCI.

Based on e-mail discussed among AMPI-EC members, President –AMPI has send thanking letter to

MCI with confirming of meeting along with following AMPI delegates.

Name Affiliation in

AMPI

Official Address Email ID

Prof. Arun Chougule EC member Dean, Faculty of Paramedical

Sciences, Rajasthan

University of Health Sciences

{RUHS], SMS Medical

College & Hospital

Jaipur – 302004.

[email protected]

Dr. A.K. Rath EC member Chairman and MD

Hemalata Hospitals &

Research Centre,

Bhubaneswar –

751023.Orissa

[email protected],

[email protected]

Dr.S.D Sharma Asso. Editor

JMP

Scientific Officer (F),

Radiological Physics &

Advisory Division, Bhabha

Atomic Research Centre,

Mumbai – 400 094.

[email protected]

Dr. Pratik Kumar EC member Medical Physics Unit

Institute Rotary Cancer

Hospital

All India Institute of Medical

Sciences

New Delhi - 110029

[email protected]

All delegates have prepared a following memorandum which is submitted to President-MCI on the

meeting date (7th Jan’15)


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7th

January 2015

To

Dr. (Ms) Jayshree Pranshankar Mehta,

President, Medical Council of India

Pocket – 14, Sector 8, Dwarka,

New Delhi – 110077

Phone: +011-25367039; 25367031(Fax)

Email: [email protected]

MEMORANDUM

Sub: Revision in the qualification of Teachers in the Discipline of Radiological Physics/ Medical

Physics & faculty positions for Radiological/ Medical Physicists for MD (Radiotherapy, Radio-

diagnosis, Nuclear Medicine), DNB and MSc Programs.

(A) Role of Radiological / Medical Physicists in Medicine

Medical Radiation Physics is an important discipline of science which contributes significantly

in diagnosis of different types of diseases by Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear medicine

procedures well in treatment of cancer and other benign diseases by means of radiation therapy.

Recent advances in the technology of medical radiation imaging and therapeutic devices/

techniques have increased the involvement of medical radiation physicists by many folds. In

addition, Medical Radiation Physicists play important role in teaching and training of medical

practitioner as well as allied radiation workers.

Education and training program of Radiological/Medical Physicists in India started in the Year

1961. Currently, about 1000 medical physicists having Post M.Sc. Diploma in Radiological

Physics/ M.Sc. Degree in Medical Physics and appropriate clinical training are working in the

various medical institutions (about 340 including 25 Regional Cancer Centers) in the country as

qualified professionals who have also been registered by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

(AERB) as qualified radiation professionals. Among these about 50 radiological/ medical

physicists are having Ph.D. Degree and designated as teaching faculty as per the norms of

Medical Council of India (MCI). Majority of the medical physicists are working in the

Department of Radiation Oncology and they are involved in radiotherapy treatment planning,

medical dosimetry, quality assurance and radiation safety of cancer patients.

(B) AMPI: An Old and Well Recognized Professional Body of Medical Physicists

Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI) [www.ampi.org.in] is the professional body

of Radiological/ Medical physics with more than 1000 active medical physicists as its life

members who are involved in professional services and teaching in the three different

disciplines of medicine (radiation oncology, nuclear medicine and radio-diagnosis) in the

country. The Radiological/ Medical Physics profession is also recognized by Atomic Energy

Regulatory Board (AERB) and MCI. AMPI has also established its college (College of Medical

Physics of India, CMPI) in 2009 as its education, training, accreditation and certification wing

analogous to Medical Physics College of Canada, Europe, USA, UK and Australia. Since its

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inception, the CMPI of AMPI is regularly conducting medical physics competency certification

examination and teaching courses.

AMPI is holding its annual conferences every year and so far 35 conferences have been

successfully organized. A number of eminent radiological/ medical physicists, radiation

oncologists, radiologists and radiation professionals from India and abroad are participating in

the AMPI annual conferences. AMPI is also conducting workshops, seminars/ symposia where

medical radiation professionals of all categories participate. It holds CME / workshops for

medical personnel on radiological safety also. In addition, AMPI is conducting radiation safety

related training and certification programs in collaboration with Radiological Physics &

Advisory Division of BARC and about six such courses are conducted every year since 2006.

AMPI is affiliated to International Organization of Medical Physics (IOMP) and Indian National

Science Academy (INSA).

(C) Humble Request

1. Request to consider Radiological / Medical Physics similar to that of Anatomy, Physiology,

Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Microbiology in the “Teachers-Eligibility-Qualification

regulations-2012”.

2. Essential academic qualifications for Radiological physics should be revised in the MCI booklet

entitled “Teachers-Eligibility-Qualification regulations-2012” as per MCI minutes dated 10th

March 2007, MCI letter dated 10th

April 2008 & Notification of MCI in the Gazette of India

dated 23rd

March 2010 (copies attached).

3. Under the Radiological Physics column of “Teachers-Eligibility-Qualification regulations-

2012”, academic qualification in position 4, for Tutor / Demonstrator / Resident / Registrar for

recruitment is MBBS. This statement should be revised as per the decision taken by the MCI

above (point no.2)

4. In the academic qualification column, for Professor, Associate Professor, the PhD in

Radiological Physics/Medical Physics/Physics should be considered instead of PhD

(Physics/Chem./Biophysics).

5. Proposed qualifications & promotional criteria for teachers in Radiological Physics should be

implemented as per AMPI letter (dated 13th September 2014) to MCI. (copy attached).

a. Qualified Radiological / Medical Physicists (as per Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

Norms) have either Post Graduate Degree in Medical Physics or Post M.Sc. (Physics)

Diploma in Radiological Physics along with requisite training / clinical experience and

hence they deserve academic position starting from the designation of Assistant

Professor.

6. Request to include Radiological Physics/ Medical Physics faculty for MD (Radiotherapy, Radio-

diagnosis, Nuclear Medicine), DNB and MSc programs. Recognition to these courses by MCI

shall be given by considering Radiological / Medical Physics as one of the teaching faculties.

a. Syllabus of MD (Radiotherapy), MD (Radiology) and MD (Nuclear Medicine) contains

significant components of Physics / Radiological Physics / Medical Physics. While

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requires significant knowledge of topic concerned and hence Radiological / Medical

Physics faculty is required in such teaching courses.

7. Faculty of Radiological / Medical Physics should be included as Examiner in MD

(Radiotherapy, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine), DNB and MSc programs.

a. Teaching faculty of Radiological / Medical Physics are directly involved as Co-guides

for Medical Post Graduates who are undergoing MD research thesis in Radiotherapy &

Oncology, Nuclear Medicine and Radio-diagnosis in different medical institutes and

also for the thesis work of DNB Post Graduates.

8. Since NCHRH Bill 2009 has different departments, Radiological/ Medical Physics should be

incorporated in the department of Medicine where a separate sub-category of Radiological/

Medical Physics should be created covering all the four radiological disciplines (Radiation

Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Radio-diagnosis and Applied Medical Physics).

We request your esteemed office to consider our above proposed matters.

Thanking you madam,

Yours faithfully,

Dr. M. RAVIKUMAR,

President – AMPI

Professor & Head & SARCAR Committee Member,

Department of Radiation Physics,

Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology,

Hosur Road,

Bangalore- 560 029.

Karnataka State, India.

Email: [email protected].

Dr. CHALLAPALLI SRINIVAS.

Secretary – AMPI

Associate Professor & Radiation Safety Officer,

Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology,

Kasturba Medical College Hospital,

Attavar,

Mangalore - 575 001.

Karnataka State, India.

Email: [email protected]

(Prof.) Dr. ARUN CHOUGULE

Executive Committee Member - AMPI

Dean,

Faculty of Paramedical Sciences,

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences [RUHS],

SMS Medical College & Hospital,

Jaipur – 302004.

Email : [email protected]

Dr. ARABINDA KUMAR RATH.

Executive Committee Member- AMPI

Chairman and MD

Hemalata Hospitals & Research Centre,

Bhubaneswar – 751023. Orissa

Email : [email protected],

[email protected]

Dr. S.D SHARMA.

Associate Editor of Journal of Medical Physics

Scientific Officer (G),

Radiological Physics & Advisory Division,

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,

Mumbai – 400 094.


Dr. PRATIK KUMAR.

Executive Committee Member- AMPI

Medical Physics Unit

Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital,

All India Institute of Medical Sciences,

New Delhi – 110029.


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REPORT ON MEETING WITH MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA HELD ON 7TH

JANUARY

2015 AT MEDICAL COUNCIAL OF INDIA OFFICE, NEW DELHI.

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Members of Delegation from Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI) Present:

1. Dr. M. Ravikumar. - President, AMPI.

2. Dr. Challapalli Srinivas. - Secretary, AMPI.

3. Dr. S. D. Sharma. - SO (G) & Head, Medical Physics Section, RPAD, BARC.

4. Dr. A. K. Rath. - EC member & MD, Hemalatha Hospitals, Bhubaneshwar.

5. Dr. Arun Chougule. - EC member & Dean, Rajasthan University, Jaipur.

6. Dr. Pratik Kumar. - EC member & Addl. Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi.

President, MCI [Dr. (Ms) Jayshree Pranshankar Mehta] and Dr. Ved Prakash Mishra (Chairman, Academic

Council of MCI) represented MCI in this meeting.

Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI) has requested an appointment with the President, MCI on

03.12.2014 to discuss the various pending issues related to eligibility criteria for appointment as teachers in

Radiological physics and for inclusion of medical physics faculty in Radiotherapy, Radio-Diagnosis, Nuclear

Medicine etc. Accordingly appointment was given by President MCI on 31.12.2014 to meet her on 7th

January

2015 at 11:00 AM in New Delhi. In this regard the above 6 members from AMPI met the President, MCI and

Chairman, Academic council of MCI on 7th

January 2015. The AMPI delegation apprised the MCI authorities

about the activities of the association and briefed them about the importance of medical physicists in healthcare,

education and training of various medical and paramedical professionals. The MCI authorities were kind enough

to hear AMPI’s plea. Various issues pertaining to medical physicists were discussed and following are the

summary of decisions:

a) Council has agreed to consider exclusion of Ph.D criteria for entry level teaching position (Assistant

Professor/ Lecturer) similar to anatomy, physiology, microbiology, biostatistics, biochemistry etc. However

Ph.D is mandatory for promotions to higher teaching positions (Associate Prof. and Professor).

b) Council has agreed to change the qualification for the teaching position as (i) M.Sc.(Physics) and Diploma in

Radiological Physics / Diploma in Medical Physics or M.Sc.(Medical Physics) or any other post graduate

degree/diploma recognized by AERB as basic qualification. (ii) Ph.D (Radiological Physics/ Medical Physics/

Physics). However Ph.D. is not mandatory for the entry level teaching position.

c) MCI authorities have clarified that the teachers in Radiological Physics would comprise of 3 ladder system

i.e., Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor. The position of tutor is not meant for

Radiological Physics but would be accounted for other departments though mentioned under Radiological

physics specialty.

d) MCI has clarified that the post of Physicist in department of radiotherapy is a teaching post with the

designation as Physicist cum lecturer [now read as Assistant Professor].

e) The MCI authorities have realized the importance of including the Radiological Physics faculty for teaching

PG courses in Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine and Radio diagnosis. The council has assured to look into the

matter.

f) MCI authorities said that at undergraduate level/ MBBS even radiotherapy is not mandatory and hence MCI

cannot recommend having radiological Physics department in Medical Colleges.

g) A detailed memorandum was prepared by AMPI delegation and submitted to MCI President.

The authorities have informed that the above issues would be placed in the academic council, board of governors

and General body meeting of MCI for approval and further amendment notification. As the above issues would be

subjected in three different committees, the process might take few months to get the final authorities nod by the

council.

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[G] IOMP and AFOMP affiliation

Annual affiliation fee of the AMPI has been paid to International Organization for Medical Physics

(IOMP) and Asian-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP). Both IOMP

and AFOMP affiliation fee has been settled till 2015. AMPI is an active association as per records of

IOMP and AFOMP.

[G] AMPI Awards for the year 2014

1. Dr Ramaiah Naidu Memorial Oration Award:

Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma,

Long Beach Memorial Center, USA.

2. AMPI Best Paper (Oral & Poster) Awards :

Mr. R.K.Chaudhary,

Scientific Officer,RPAD, BARC, Mumbai. --- Best Oral

&

Mr. Shukla Rahul

Department of Radiotheapy, Univ. of Health Sciences, Rohtak. --- Best Poster

3. Dr. M. S. Agrawal Young Investigator Award:

Mr.Birendra Kumar Rout,

Senior Medical Physicist & RSO

Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune.

4. Meritorious Medical Physicists Award:

Shri Balasubramanian Nagappan

Assistant Professor,

Department of Radiation Oncology,

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak.

[H] Websites of AMPI and CMPI

Website of the AMPI (www.ampi.org.in) and CMPI (www.cmpi.org.in) are very well maintained and updated at

regular intervals. Links of CMPI website “www.cmpi.org.in” and JMP website “www.jmp.org.in” are also

provided at AMPI website for convenience of the members.

AMPI Website (as on 31st July 2015)

1. Total number of members registered in website and approved by AMPI office as on 31st July 2015 = 902.

2. Group mail facility (600 mails/hr) is provided.

3. Sending periodic announcements of news to all registered members through group mail facility. Presently

around 1000 mails are sending to registered and non-registered members.

4. Postings of announcements (viz. News & articles, national and international conferences, CME’s,

workshop, chapter activities, notices, travel awards, Interview advertisements, Vacancies etc.) = 40.

5. Online membership application process is under demo mode.

6. Space for vendor advertisements is provided on chargeable basis.

7. List of Dr.Ramaiah Naidu Awardees along with photographs were compiled and uploaded in the AMPI

website (http://www.ampi.org.in/?page_id=988).

8. Medical Physics Annual Conferences in India – An overview has compiled and uploaded in the website.

(below is the details of same) - Annexure-C


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Annexure-C

Medical Physics Annual Conferences in India – An Overview

The first conference of AMPI conducted at Calcutta, in the year 1977 and has changed the site of the annual

congress around the INDIA. Following is the table mentioning Medical Physics Annual Conferences in India

– An Overview conference held year and place since 1976.

SN Year Duration AMPI Conference Details Place Organized by Organizing Secretary

-- 1976 1976 Asian Regional

Conference

Bombay BARC Shri.PNK,

Shri.G.Subrahmanian

1st 1977 1977 1st Conference AMPI Calcutta Medical College Shri.Arbinda Bose

2nd 1978 1978 2nd Conference AMPI Bombay BARC Dr.U.Madhvanath

3rd 1979 1979 3rd Conference AMPI Chennai Chennai(CI)/

Vellore(CMCH)

DrA.V.Lakshmanan/

Dr.Jayachandran

4th 1980 1980 4th Conference AMPI Chandigarh PGIMER

Shri.P.S.Negi

-- 1982 February, 1982 Workshop HE

Accelerators

Bombay TMH Shri.K.R.Das

5th 1982 October, 1982 5th Conference AMPI Coimbatore GKNM Hospital Kum. K.V.Nagalakshmi

6th 1983 November, 1983 6th Conference AMPI Srinagar SKIMS Dr.S.K.Kaul

7th 1984 November, 1984 7th Conference AMPI Calcutta Medical College Shri.Arbinda Bose

8th 1986 12th – 14th Dec, 1986 Asian Regional

Conference /

8th Conference AMPI

Bombay BARC Dr.P.S.Iyer, Dr.S.J.Supe

-- 1986 16th – 17th Dec,1986 Satellite Symposium

ARCMP

Bangalore NIMHANS, KMIO Prof.V.Jain,RRavichandran

9th 1987 November, 1987 9th Conference AMPI Trivandrum Medical college Prof.T.P.Ramachandran

10th 1988 November, 1988 10th Conference AMPI Bangalore KMIO Prof.R.Ravichandran

11th 1989 8th – 10th Oct, 1989 11th Conference AMPI Gwalior Cancer Center

12th 1990 9th – 12th Dec, 1990 Xth ICCR/12th AMPI

Conf.

Lucknow SGPGI Dr.PSIyer, Dr.Hukku

13th 1992 8th – 11th Sept, 1992 International Conf. /

13th Conference AMPI

Mumbai BARC Dr.U.Madhvanath/

Dr.Iyer

14th 1993 2nd – 4th , Oct, 1993 14th Conference AMPI Nagpur Medical College

15th 1994 November, 1994 15th Conference AMPI Ahmedabad Cancer Institute Shri. Patel

16th 1995 8th – 10th Nov, 1995 16th Conference AMPI Jodhpur Medical College Dr.A.R.Reddy

17th 1996 13th – 15th Dec, 1996 17th Conference AMPI Chennai Cancer Institute Dr.A.V.Lakshmanan

18th 1997 13th – 15th Nov, 1997 18th Conference AMPI Ludhiana Oswal Cancer Institute Ms.Kamalesh Passi

19th 1998 6th – 9th Nov, 1998 Int.Conf. Med.Physics /


New Delhi AIIMS Dr.M.M.Rehani

20th 1999 11th – 13th Nov, 1999 20th Conference AMPI Bhopal Gandhi Medical College Dr.J.P.Sharma

21st 2000 9th – 11th Nov, 2000 21st Conference AMPI Bangalore KMIO Prof.Dr.R.Ravichandran

22nd 2001 26th – 29th Nov, 2001 Int.Conf. Med.Physics./

22nd Conference AMPI

Mumbai BARC Dr.A.S.Pradhan

23rd 2002 15th – 17th Nov, 2002 23rd Conference AMPI Jaipur SMS Medical College Dr. Arun Chougule

24th 2003 7th – 9th Nov, 2003 24th Conference AMPI Patna Mahavir Cancer Institute Dr. Alok Kumar

25th 2004 28th - 31st Oct, 2004 Int.Conf.Med.Physics/


New Delhi Rajiv Gandhi Institute Prof.P.S.Negi

26th 2005 10th – 12th Nov, 2005 AMPICON 2005 (26th) Chennai Madras Medical College Prof.Dr.K.Thayalan

27th 2006 9th – 12th Nov, 2006 AMPICON 2006 (27th) Bhubaneswar Hemalatha Hospitals Dr. A.K.Rath

28th 2007 2nd – 4th Nov, 2007 AMPICON 2007 (28th) Srinagar SKIMS Prof. Dr.S.K.Kaul


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29th 2008 26th – 29th Nov, 2008 Int.Conf.Med.Phy. &

AMPICON 2008 (29th)

Mumbai BARC Dr. S.D.Sharma

30th 2009 18th – 22nd Nov, 2009 AMPICON 2009 (30th) Hyderabad MNJ Hospital Dr.Ramakrishna Rao /

Dr.P.Krishna Reddy

31st 2010 18th – 21st Nov, 2010 AMPICON 2010 (31st) Lucknow SGPGI Dr.K.J.Mariadas

32nd 2011 16th – 19th Nov, 2011 AMPICON 2011 (32nd) Vellore CMCH Prof.Dr.Paul Ravindran

33rd 2012 1st – 3rd Nov, 2012 AMPICON 2012 (33rd) Mangalore Kasturba Medical College Dr.Challapalli Srinivas

34th 2013 13th – 16th Nov, 2013 AMPICON 2013 (34th) Kolkata Medical College Dr.Apurba Kabasi

35th 2014 20th – 22nd Nov, 2014 AMPICON 2014 (35th) Loni Pravara Med.College Mr.Mahendra More

36th 2015 20th – 22nd Nov, 2015 AMPICON 2015 (36th ) Trivandrum Regional Cancer Center Dr. Saju Passi

37th 2016 will be announced .. AMPICON 2016 (37th) *Hyderabad

[I] Activities of CMPI

Chairman : Shri VK Sathiya Narayanan

Secretary : Dr. KJ Maria Das

Fourteen applicants paid the fee for the written examination conducted in the first week of Aug-2014.

Hall ticket was issued for 13 candidates. 9 candidates took the written examination. Only one passed.

But, this candidate did not take the oral exam that was conducted during the AMPI conference

conducted at Loni during Nov.2014. But, 2 candidates who had cleared the written examination

conducted in the previous years, appeared for oral examination and both were certified. So, in 2014 only

two were certified. 22 candidates paid the fee for the written examination that was conducted on 8th,

Aug 2015. Only 6 appeared for the examination. Paper correction is yet to be done. CMPI could not

conduct any workshop or teaching course in the year 2014. AMPI is requested to sanction an annual

Academic budget towards conducting these teaching course/ workshop, so that it can form a calendar

event.

[J] Recipients of AMPI / AFOMP Partial Financial Assistance for Attending International Conferences

Abroad.

Following were received AFOMP partial financial assistance for attending International conferences abroad and

received AFOMP Travel grant as AMPI Nominee:

S. No. Name and Institution Conference Amount (Rs.)

1

Mr. Jibon Sharma, Senior Physicist

& RSO, Dept. of Radiology,

Guwahati, Assam. (AMPI Life

membership no. 1201)

14th AOCMP 23

rd – 25

th October 2014,

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1000$

2

Timothy Peace Balasingh,

Department of Radiotherapy,

Christian Medical College, Vellore

632004. (AMPI Life membership

no. 1736)

14th AOCMP 23

rd – 25

th October 2014,

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1000$


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Minutes of 38th

General Body meeting of Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI).

Proceedings of 38th

Annual General Body meeting of Association of Medical Physicists of India held at

AERB Auditorium, BARC, Mumbai 8th

August 2014 (Time: 2.30PM – 4.30PM).

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Secretary AMPI welcomed all the members for the meeting.

Secretary spoke about the demise of Dr. Sanjay S. Supe, a condolence was observed for 2minutes. The

condolence message was read by Secretary.

Agenda 1:

MOM of 37th Annual General Body Meeting on 21st September 2013 of was read and confirmed.

Agenda 2:

The report of the Executive Committee of the Association for the year 2013-14 was discussed.

Agenda 3:

The report of the Board of Trustees of the Association for the year 2013-14 was presented.

Proposed by: Dr.P.K.Das Sharma

Seconded by: Dr.S.D Sharma

Agenda 4: Treasurer conveyed his inability to submit the account statements as the accounts are not audited yet. He

explained the delay as AMPI office and Auditor are not located in the same city.

President requested Treasurer to submit the audited accounts in Loni conference with due permission by GBM.

Treasures informed that the account statements will be ready in a week and same will be circulated by email.

Agenda 5: It was decided to continue the service of present auditor for year 2014-15, after which the auditor shall be

changed preferably to near AMPI office location. It was also decided to enhance the remuneration of present

auditor.

Proposed by: Dr.P.G.G.Kurup

Seconded by: Dr.L.M.Aggwarwal

Any other matter with the permission of the Chair:

1. Dr S D Sharma informed that the name and addresses of new members shall be sent to JMP publisher in

the month of December so that the journal can be circulated to new members.

2. Mr Dayanand Sharma raised the question of status of Medical Physicist in medical colleges as well as in

other institutes though physicists are doing lots of academic work; the profession is not well recognized.

In this regard President replied that AMPI has discussed the matters in detail in the various EC meetings

and AERB officials and is actively contributing to enhance the status of medical physicist by organizing

conferences, workshop and formation of CMPI. He also informed that he has requested a group of senior

and interested active members geographically located to Delhi to coordinate with MCI, but

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3. Mr. Dayananda raised his concern for the introduction of dosimetrist post in AERB safety code. He also

said that in the AERB Safety Code the Chief Radiation Oncologist and Chief Radiotherapy

Technologists is recognized but there is no mention of Chief Medical physicist. Many members

suggested approaching AERB to correct this anomaly and also include the post of faculty in safety code.

Dr P K Dash Sharma agreed with these concerns and expressed his personal opinion about the position

of AERB. He clarified that the AERB safety code was circulated to eminent physicists and Oncologists

however AERB did not receive any such suggestion regarding the non-inclusion of Chief Medical

Physicist. He said that it must be a typographical mistake in AERB safety code. He suggested AMPI to

approach AERB to correct this anomaly. He said that the provision of faculty cannot be implemented in

safety code as it is not under AERB jurisdiction. He also said that the AERB’s role in the medical

physics course is limited and can only ensure that the Radiation Safety syllabus is included in the

syllabus. He clarified that the regulation of courses is under the purview of UGC.

President replied that AERB should include faculty positions in the safety code and the request for the

same to be made at the earliest.

4. Dr. Kaliyappan Perumal said that there is no council for medical physics at par with other professions

like nursing, pharmacy, physicians etc. Dr. S.D. Sharma suggested that AMPI should approach and

health ministry for formation of council. President suggested forming a committee with two nominees

per chapter and the committee will be reporting directly to the president. President requested secretary to

draft a letter and send it to all chapters for their representation.

5. Mr. Bibek Mishra raised the issue of discrepancy in qualification of Medical physics faculty in MCI

regulation. President replied that this issue was discussed in EC meeting and amendments will be done

in the letter addressed to MCI. Mr. Suresh Chaudhari, Mr.Ritu Raj Upreti and Mr. Vinod Pandey said

that it was resolved in the EC meeting that this issue will be discussed in GBM and decision will be

taken with the opinion of members in GBM. Mr. Dayananad Sharma, Dr. P.K. Dash Sharma, Dr.

Kaliyappan, Dr.Lalit Aggarwal and many other members felt that the recommendation of PhD for

Assistant Professor is not appropriate as the avenues for perusing the PhD are limited. Vice president

recommended a division (or standing) vote. As per the direction of president voting was conducted to

decide whether MCI letter sent by EC 2013 -2015 should be recalled or not. The recall of letter was

unanimously approved by all AMPI members without any opposition. Hence a decision was taken by

president with approval of GBM that the PhD for Tutor and Assistant professor should be exempted and

a new letter to MCI will be sent with the appropriate corrections recommended by GBM. President

requested to make the appropriate corrections in the letter and send it to MCI at earliest.


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